List of association football stadiums by capacity
The list of the largest football stadiums names all soccer stadiums around the world that have more than 50,000 seats and will be used for football. Are respectively called the association, which uses the stadium, the type, the presence of a complete stand roofing, the year of the opening and seat capacity.
Currently, there are 157 stages that satisfy the conditions laid down. These are divided according to the different confederations of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). Here are 49 stages in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC ) (Asia excluding Russia, in addition Australia). 22 belong to the Confederation of African Football ( CAF) (Africa) and 13 to the Confederation of North and Central American and Caribbean Association Football ( CONCACAF ) ( North America and the Caribbean). 22 stages are in the range of the Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol ( CONMEBOL ) ( South America) and 51 in the Union of European Football Associations area ( UEFA ) ( Europe, Caucasus, Israel). The Association of the Oceania Football Confederation (OFC ) are no stages of this size.
Glasgow and Istanbul are the only cities with three football stadiums of this size.
Explanation
- City: Name the city where the stadium is.
- Name: Lists the name of the stadium.
- Country: Denotes the country where the stadium is located. It is the national flag represented and called the three-letter ISO -3166 -1 code.
- Team: Lists the football club, which uses the stadium mainly for its home games in the league and in the cup. Some stadiums be used by several clubs in the exchange. Some stages serve as the National Stadium, where the football team mainly focuses its home games. In some stages only football games take place, if it is likely associated with an increased number of spectators.
- Type: This indicates the type of the stadium. This can be ( with LB) for athletics competitions or without a running track around the field ( without LB ) a stadium with running track. multif. means that a completely closable roof and an at least partially out wheeled field are present.
- Roof: values , where known, enter the canopy of places in percent. If No, no roof is present, or are covered only parts of the stadium.
- Opening: Denotes the year in which the stadium was opened.
- Seats: Reports the number of seats of the stadium. These may consist of single seats, as in the later stages in Europe, or from seats exist on benches, as with many of the older stadiums in South America. In some stages, as in Germany, seats will be converted to standing room in league play, whereby the capacity of the stadium can be increased. The stages with a corresponding general admission area, the total capacity, seats including standing room, in ( parentheses ) is indicated. In international matches or in continental club football competitions seats are exclusively allowed.
Melbourne Cricket Ground ( Melbourne) - biggest stadium in Australia
Olympic Stadium in Berlin, Germany 's largest stadium
Ernst Happel Stadium, the largest stadium in Austria
The top ten football stadiums
* LB = career
Asian Football Confederation ( AFC)
(Asian Football Confederation without Russia, since 2006, Australia)